Once Upon A Time In The North, Philip Pullman

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40) "One Upon A Time In The North" - Philip Pullman. Although it's bound in it's own cover, this is a novella and I guess therefore technically a short story, but I'll cheat and claim it as a book, even though it took me only a few hours to read. It's a very pretty little book, with nice pictures and interesting bits and pieces to give an impression of a fully created world (including some letters at the end from Lyra when she's at college). The plot is simple and tied up a little patly at the end, and the writing is mostly uninspiring, but the story is fun and Lee Scoresby, Hester and Iorek are characters I couldn't get enough of in the original book, so it was a joy to read.

(Sorry I'm spamming flists, today. It's a huge danger of being home all day. But maybe it's better than making gigantic posts, I don't know.)